@Studious99 The only problem is he wouldn’t really know it. He thinks he could have but who knows what would have happened if followed the path not taken? Also, some kids may feel that they would be happiest at HYPSM. I will say this though. At least back in my days, having attended an Ivy school at least got you an interview; but in my case, as soon as they found out what my GPA was, they didn’t offer me a job, which actually helped me decide faster that my future lay in a business of my own. lol I think the key is knowing who you are NOT rather than knowing who you ARE. I knew early on, I could never work for a big company where I had to schmooze higher-up people, but at the same time, I was very good at selling myself. I was very bored with academic stuff because to me, it wasn’t a real life. I was very happy to get the heck out of college even though it was free.